From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Sunday, October 23, 2022 at 4:39:10 PM UTC+8, muta...@gmail.com wrote:   
   > On Sunday, October 23, 2022 at 3:55:06 PM UTC+8, Joe Monk wrote:   
   > > > Opportunity for what, as far as segment shift is   
   > > > concerned?   
   > > >   
   > > Not a power of 2.   
   > 2 ** 5 is a power of 2.   
   >   
   > What more could possibly be required?   
      
   Or are you saying that it is easier for a CPU to shift 4 bits than   
   5 bits because 4 is a power of 2?   
      
   I'm not familiar with the hardware, so maybe that is true.   
      
   But I am familiar with SHL and SHR, and I know those   
   instructions take the same amount of time to execute   
   regardless of whether you are shifting 4 bits or 5 bits.   
      
   But segment shifting may be different.   
      
   So maybe you're right.   
      
   Please explain.   
      
   Thanks. Paul.   
      
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